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Old 07-05-2011, 01:53 PM
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this is somewhat boating related as i just posted a bunch of my boat parts on craigslist for sale...

i get a lot of responses asking "is the item still available" or somthing to that effect.

I can only assume they are mining email addresses to spam or worse...

what do you guys do in these cases?
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Old 07-05-2011, 02:02 PM
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Sean,

First.. is the 33 still for sale?

Second.. Make sure you post in your ad that emails have to have a "key word" in the subject or body of the response. I delete most of the emails i get off CL and oodle. AND I will tell you who is the worst offender for phone number mining/ calling.... even when you list that 3rd parties are NOT allowed to contact you... BOAT TRADER... They even called me on a set of fenders I listed on CL, wanting to sell me an ad on their website.

I see many of the guys choose the "no email" option. If they are serious about your boat, they will call. It will also weed out a lot of the "mental m*sturbat*rs who get off by asking for pics... talking the game...etc.
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the 33 is "for sale"...i havent really attempted to sell it...in fact, it is still shrinkwrapped...
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Originally Posted by Sean
the 33 is "for sale"...i havent really attempted to sell it...in fact, it is still shrinkwrapped...
I should have bought that one we talked about 9 months ago. 25 k was a steel.
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